iKnitty.com is updated multiple times throughout the day with links to meetups/events, contests/giveaways, new products/books, reviews, free patterns, and contests.
I created this repository because I’m a fairly crappy knitter who mostly relies on the internet to learn new techniques … and to refresh myself because I’ve forgotten what the hell k3togb stands for.
“What YOU lookin’ at?”
I started this site for the following reasons:
1. There are really no comprehensive, up-to-date sites or blogs that cover knitting stuff, from knit-togethers to carding wool to patterns to sales to how-tos. While watching 8-year-old videos on techniques in Cantonese (yes, that’s how I learned to rib stitch and THANKFULLY I KNOW HOW TO COUNT IN CANTONESE) is great and certainly helpful, I wanted to know about the newest trends, news, and deals.
2. I love knitting blogs, but don’t you get tired of reading about people’s kids & grandkids, garden-planting mishaps, and rainy weather? SHOW ME THE KNITTING! I’m rolling through these blogs and pulling out the relevant goodness so you don’t have to.
3. So, you go to a site that proclaims HOT! FREE! PATTERNS! and you see an adorable pattern that you can’t wait to sink your needles into. Upon further inspection, you notice … wait. It’s not a knitting pattern. It’s a crochet pattern! (amigurumi, I am looking at you right now). Basically, in our little knitting clubhouse, NO HOOKERS ALLOWED. Well, OK. The crocheters can hang around for the yarn goodies.
4. I get a frightening amount of e-newsletters weekly from various knitting websites and stores. I am on more mailing lists than you could possibly imagine. Essentially, my email address has gotten around more than a drunken coed at a frat party. If there is a new item/product, sale/clearance, or contest/giveaway, I’m letting you know about it.
5. I got laid off from my job. I really don’t have anything better to do with my life than sit on the intarweb all day and mull over what’s in my stash. I also strongly feel that cleaning my house is an overrated activity, so here I am.
I founded a charity called Orlando Knits for the Homeless, and my hooker girlfriend (she won’t knit – I’ve tried) and I churn out scarves, hats, and small blankets for the homeless in the Central Florida area. Sure, it’s hot here most of the year, but it definitely gets chilly here when you’re not indoors to sleep at night.
Questions? Email me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, your desires, your needs and wants. Since I am not working full-time, I’ve even got time to email you back! Let me know what you’d like to see, new features I can bring you, or if you’d like to be an affiliate.
Bisous,
- L
(please note: just because there’s an “i” in front of the work “knitty” doesn’t mean I’m in any way affiliated with Apple. You know, because if I WERE, I wouldn’t be creating this on Windows 7 and probably wouldn’t need to be job-hunting. I’m also not affiliated with Knitty.com, even though I’ll be linking to them because they rock … hard. I have been using the label “iKnitty” for a few years for my Flickr and Facebook knitting pics, and also on my personal blog for a category/tag.)
About your hostess:
L is a rather tall woman living in Central Florida, USA with three male Siamese cats, an even taller teenaged daughter, a shorter daughter, and a very patient (and, yes, tall) husband. Her first knitting experience was at a class at a local store where the instructor wore her infant in a sling and breast-fed it while teaching, which was fairly distracting. L attempted to crochet multiple times and with instruction from very patient friends and family members, but only succeeded in cutting off the circulation to her fingers while wrapping them in yarn (hence her incessant ragging on hookers). She loves all things Doctor Who (especially knitting patterns), her DVR and iPhone, shopping for all kinds of bags, lomography, and sassy Crocs wedge heels.
A little more about -L, meme-style:
1. What is your all time favourite yarn to knit with?
Anything fingering weight. Since I live in Florida, I just look at it and think, “I could actually WEAR this!” Wool? Not so much.
2. Your favourite needles?
Anything bamboo, and preferably circular.
3. The worst thing you’ve ever knit?
I attempted to make a felted gathered scarf for the woman that laid me off. I should have taken it as a sign of my impending Employment Apocalypse as the stupid thing felted to about 1/3 its size (thanks, front-loading super-agitating washer) and also had a hole in it somehow. I burnt it in effigy in my fireplace.
4. Your most favourite knit pattern? (maybe you don’t like wearing it…but it was the most fun to knit)
The Swamp Witch at the AntiCraft. I have made her so many times, I’ve actually lost count. Awesome fast knit, and you can have fun with lots of variations.
5. Most valuable knitting technique?
MAGIC LOOP, BABY! Yeah! It’s a godsend with the circular blankets.
6. Best knit book or magazine?
For my knit books, I love AntiCraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister
7. Do you knit continental or English?
English.
8. How long ago did you learn to knit?
Eight years ago, when I took a class at either JoAnn or Michaels and the instructor breast-fed her kid in a Baby Bjorn while leaning over to show us our stitches.
9. First FO?
A scarf made on like size 14 needles with a matching hat. HUGE and hilarious.
10. What do you have on the needles right now?
A fertility shawl for a friend’s sister.
